The research site in Obermieming, a red pine forest at an altitude of 980 m a.s.l., has been under construction since 2018 by a consortium of the Institutes of Ecology, Botany, Atmospheric and Cryospheric Sciences and Geography. The equipment of this research site includes an air-conditioned instrumentation container with power supply and wireless internet connection, a 30 m high measurement tower for micrometeorological measurements and a 6 m high walk-in tower for ecophysiological measurements. The towers are equipped with a wide range of sensors for quantifying micrometeorological and ecological processes.

The electron beam microprobe is used for qualitative and quantitative chemical analysis of solids with a spatial resolution in the range of not less than approx. 5 µm and can detect elements in the atomic number range Z=5-92 in the version available at the Institute of Mineralogy of the University of Innsbruck (W or LaB6 emitter, 5 WDX spectrometers, 1 EDX detector, 1 CL detector) and quantify them depending on the concentration range

Approx. 1000 m² water construction laboratory, equipped with two pumps with total capacity (Q) of 400l/s, one pump with Q=100l/s, one pump with Q=50l/s, high pressure pump Q=50l/s (head=80m), submersible pump Q=92l/s with head 11m

The NanoLab of the University of Innsbruck (NanoLab Innsbruck) was installed in 2008 and has been continuously expanded since then. It includes microscopy, analytics and mechanical materials testing as well as special areas such as thin film technology and fire protection. It is part of the research initiative “Advanced Materials” of the University of Innsbruck and is located at the “Campus Technik”, Innsbruck.

Devices and sensors for the analysis of stable carbon isotopes in CO2 and methane.

Induction Plasma System Teksphero-15: The Teksphero-15 enables spheroidizing of powder feedstock.
System features:
– Inductively coupled plasma generated by a signal generator with a power of 15 kW at a frequency range of 2 – 5 MHz.
– Spheroidizing reactor is suitable for use with reactive metals
– Vacuum powder collection system
– Vibratory powder feeding system
– Cyclone chamber for filtering fine powder Laboratory equipment for selective laser melting 400 W / 1100°C: The laboratory system enables additive (generative) manufacturing of components from materials that cannot be processed with conventional selective laser melting equipment.
Plant features: – Installation space can be heated up to 1100°C – 400 W fiber laser
– Size of build platform: dia. 170 mm
– Low O-content of 10 ppm
– Dual laser melting system AconityMidi
– Build platform heatable up to 800°C – 400 W / 1000 W fiber laser

The “Innsbruck Atmospheric Observatory (IAO) for Environmental Research in Alpine and Urban Terrain” is a core facility for physical and chemical observation of the atmosphere in urban areas embedded in the complex terrain of an alpine valley. The IAO is used for long-term monitoring as well as for targeted measurement campaigns. It consists of a permanent and a mobile infrastructure part.

Interfaces play a crucial role in multiphase systems in terms of material properties due to phase adhesion. Basis for characterization, modification and control of the interface in multiphase systems is thus the key for the development of new materials. The Core Facility “Interface in Hybrid Systems” provides research infrastructure for structural elucidation (chemical and physical) of interfaces in hybrid structures and contributes to establish fundamental understanding of interfacial phenomena.

Contract research and routine investigations in the field of electromagnetic compatibility and antenna measurement technology

Innsbruck Box (or i-Box for short) is a test bed for studying boundary layer processes in highly complex terrain. Designed to be a long-term “reference box” for studying the characteristics of turbulence structure and exchange processes in truly complex topography, i-Box represents an integrated approach combining three-dimensional long-term turbulence observations with high-resolution numerical modeling. Turbulence structure plays an important role in exchange processes of momentum, mass, and energy between the earth’s surface and the atmosphere. These processes are crucial for, e.g., numerical weather forecasts or climate scenario simulations, but are not yet fully understood, particularly not in complex topography. The goal of the project is to form a complete and physically based description of turbulence characteristics in complex terrain.

The Austrian Core Facility for Scientific Core Analysis provides state-of-the-art laboratory infrastructure for logging and scanning of cores obtained by drilling and coring. The facility is equipped with three core scanners: a Geotek Multi-Sensor Core Logger, a Smartcube Camera Image Scanner and a COX Analytics ITRAX XRF core scanner. All scanners make use of non-destructive analysis techniques to provide high-resolution optical, physical-property and element chemical data for scientific core analysis.